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All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

67 reviews

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Johnson has a talent for drawing in readers and creating a narrative that feels like a conversation. I appreciated that they didn't shy away from challenges, while at the same time sharing stories of Black and queer joy in their life. I only wish that they could have shared more about their journey to who they are today. Johnson talked a lot about their life as a young adult, but didn't talk much about what happened between then and now. This was still a beautifully written read and I'm really happy to have read it. I think it's a great story of hope for any young person who may be struggling with their identity, as Johnson reminds us that it's not a smooth journey, but its a worthwhile one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Rape

alanisb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Sexual violence

honuzbubbles's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, and Incest

dannothedino's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Cancer, Medical content, Outing, and Transphobia

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Slavery, and Police brutality

llbaxter's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

provokamin's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

2.0

First of all I wanna say I didn't like the writing, but that might just be because it was written with a younger audience in mind. I got used to it after a while though.

My biggest issue is that I felt like the author didn't want to do more research than absolutely necessary on trans people. His cousin is deadnamed and misgendered at points where it definitely isn't necessary, even if you want to argue that at some points it makes sense because that's how the author acted at that time. Many passages could've been better if he just talked to a trans person about how to phrase things the best.

I think I just expected something completely different and was very disappointed by what I got. Probably a better book if you're younger and also not trans

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Rape

Moderate: Homophobia

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I read this for a college course and it was so good. I don’t know if I personally would categorize it as YA because the sexual and violent scenes were quite graphic. I identified with the book which surprised me because I am a cisgendered white woman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Alcohol, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Grief, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Bullying, and Incest

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Minor: Child death

same_ol_gia's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

atuin's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

A collection of essays in growing up black and queer. These stories are best suited for the young adult target audience 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

kaynova's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

"You sometimes don't know you exist until you realize someone like you existed before." - George M. Johnson, All Boys Aren't Blue.

I had the liberty to read this book by audio version and reading along with the e-book version that kindle unlimited has, and I am so grateful for it because every other paragraph, I had to pause the audiobook to write down the amazing quotes from George. His words are simplistic but holds so much meaning that I found myself crying a few times within the passage, because I get him, I see him. As a black queer person myself, it's easy to identify with him and understand his experiences though me and him are a generation apart from each other. The upbringings of a black child is so universal and cultural between us that in some parts I was like "is he talking about me and my family" or how much we devalue our queerness because of societal norms that I felt seen or I didn't have the language for quite yet.

Though I know this book is banned, I hope any young audience finds this and have place for it their homes because everyone wants to be seen by someone just like them, and George M. Johnson makes sure he reminds everyone you can find a friend in him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Rape